Tora Bora (Pashto: توره بوړه, "Black Cave") is a cave complex, part of the Spin Ghar (White Mountains) mountain range of eastern Afghanistan. It is situated...
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The Battle of Tora Bora was a military engagement that took place in the cave complex of Tora Bora, eastern Afghanistan, from November 30 – December 17...
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The Battle of Tora Bora in June 2017 was a military engagement for the cave complex of Tora Bora and its surroundings in Afghanistan. Fighting took place...
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United States invasion of Afghanistan (section Battle of Tora Bora: Osama bin Laden escapes to Pakistan)
members of al-Qaeda and the Taliban were not captured: during the Battle of Tora Bora, several fighters including bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda escaped...
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government concluded that Bin Laden was present during the Battle of Tora Bora, Afghanistan, in late 2001, and according to civilian and military officials...
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The Tora Bora Military Front (Pashto: Tora Bora Nizami Mahaz) is an insurgent group in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. It is led by Anwarul Haq Mujahid...
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claimed that Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti was wounded while fleeing Tora Bora after the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001 and had later died from his arm injuries...
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where they eventually tracked Al-Qaeda and bin Laden hiding out in the Tora Bora mountain range. Berntsen had begun calling in airstrikes on the cave complex...
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fall of the Taliban Ali joined with two other leaders in the Jalalabad-Tora Bora region, Abdul Qadir and Mohammed Zaman to set up the Eastern Shura, a...
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Wanted Fugitives list since 1999. After evading capture at the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001, his whereabouts became unclear, and various rumours...
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safely withdrew after completing their objectives. During the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001, a CIA Jawbreaker team (small group of CIA SAD ground...
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Special Activities Center (section Tora Bora)
unsuccessful, and "Bin Laden and bodyguards walked uncontested out of Tora Bora and disappeared into Pakistan's unregulated tribal area." At Bin Laden's...
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secure the area around Tora Bora. They believed that Al-Qaeda's number one leader Osama bin Laden had likely been at Tora Bora and his escape prolonged...
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and Osama bin Laden. Pepe Escobar (December 7, 2001). "Taking a spin in Tora Bora". Asia Times. Archived from the original on December 21, 2001. Retrieved...
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evidence that bin-Laden was at Tora Bora, but Bergen and other critics, including the Delta Force commander at Tora Bora, Dalton Fury, claimed that the...
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large-scale battle in the post-2001 War in Afghanistan since the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001. This was the first operation in the Afghanistan theater...
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Iraqi-constructed oil filled trenches. They were also used at the Battle of Tora Bora during the Afghan War. At least thirty MK-77s were also used by Marine...
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escaped with as many as several hundred al-Qaeda during the Battle of Tora Bora. According to the Long War Journal, the 055 Brigade had been reestablished...
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White mountains range in western Pakistan. The town closely aligned with Tora Bora area of adjacent country, Afghanistan. In early months of 2002, Pakistan...
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Wolverine, Raptor and Operation Relentless Strike. During the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001, a CIA Jawbreaker team (a small group of CIA SAD ground...
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by a USMC CH-53 casualty evacuation helicopter. During the Battle of Tora Bora 40 operators from Delta Force's A squadron were deployed to assist the...
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compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan on 6 January 2006, after he fled from Tora Bora caves to avoid capture by U.S. forces in December 2001. Bin Laden arrived...
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and Radislav Krstić. In 2001, a CIA source reported seeing Bin Laden in Tora Bora, a significant proportion of the ISR assets available in the theatre converged...
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When United States-led forces attacked Osama bin Laden's stronghold at Tora Bora, al-Turkistani was among the local defenders; after the battle's end,...
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stated: "We used to have one address for Al Qaeda. ... Tora Bora, Tora Bora main square, Tora Bora highroad, the third cave on the left. ... Now we have...
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2006 his son took over the organization, but later transitioned to the Tora Bora Military Front. He was thought to have been arrested by the ISI during...
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Kosovo War Global War on Terrorism Operation Enduring Freedom Battle of Tora Bora Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Iraq War Operation Juniper Shield Operation...
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claimed that he was forced to work as a doctor at the 2001 Battle of Tora Bora, during which time he treated injured mujahideen fighters inside the region's...
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highest peak is Koyo Zom (6,872 m (22,546 ft)). Spīn Ghar, starting from Tora Bora on the border with eastern Afghanistan west of the Khyber Pass, highest...
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showed US Army Rangers firing M141s at various fortified caves during the Tora Bora operations against the Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda, being mistaken by...
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